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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part Five .

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The morning after engaging in a kiss with Alena at the train station, the unnamed narrator awakens in what location?
(a) In Alex's apartment.
(b) In the Guggenheim.
(c) In Sharon's apartment.
(d) In the Institute for Totaled Art.

2. Alex remarks at the museum that she is how old "and single" (7) in the narrative present?
(a) 29.
(b) 36.
(c) 32.
(d) 41.

3. In Part Four, the unnamed narrator begins a writers' residency in which Texas city?
(a) Marfa.
(b) Dallas.
(c) San Antonio.
(d) Austin.

4. In what field does Alena's friend Peter work?
(a) Marketing.
(b) Literature.
(c) Accounting.
(d) Art.

5. "The author" (54) inhabits what role in the short story entitled "The Golden Vanity" that acts as the entirety of Part Two of 10:04?
(a) Protagonist.
(b) Fool.
(c) Antagonist.
(d) Voice of reason.

Short Answer Questions

1. During the author's final walk with Liza before he must call the doctor to choose a form of sedation, the heat is described in what way?

2. Alex cautions the unnamed narrator in Part Three not to write about what kinds of issues?

3. One morning, the unnamed narrator wakes up to find that what noisy activity is going on nearby?

4. "The distinguished female author" (119) sitting across from the unnamed narrator at the literary dinner compliments him on what?

5. The unnamed narrator receives an email from Natali saying that her husband had hurt what part of his body in a fall?

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